6 Aug
2008
6 Aug
'08
9:06 a.m.
News is what gets people to read, listen or watch. Obviously,
these college kids got someone to do same. Creating a simplified
machine that can sell for the cost of a calculator would be
useful. Consider the recent third world computer.
Then, to make the issue less acedemic, they would have to create
a method of using this machine to talk with mahines using more
modern protocols.
This would have application in many parts of the world.
College kids also have the time, the focus and the resources to design
such things.
this is how they prove themselves worthy to be hired when they get
out.
bs
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Fred Cisin wrote:
This is NOT MIT wanting to do anything. It is a
project of a small
handful of kids in grad school.
A project of a handful of MIT grad students is NOT concerned with what has
been done before.
Probably doesn't even know about Jeri Ellsworth's product.
Is probably not even aware of the IP issues.
Has no clue about manufacturing realities.
Has no clue about marketing.
Is based on their school-age nostalgia and memories, NOT on what is
practical.
This ain't news.
Now, if Jeri Ellsworth were to join the project, THEN I would take it
seriously.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com